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God, I wish this had an official English release. I don't often buy manga, but best believe I would buy all 40+ volumes of this masterpiece.

I thought this was reinhardt wilhelm yaoi

I remember dropping this a while ago because I couldn't stand Inseo, but I gave it another shot after seeing that this was completed and I ended up enjoying this a lot more during my second read! I like how there was actually some context given for Inseo's possessiveness, that it wasn't something that other characters brushed under the rug, and the potential stigma of said possessiveness actually had an influence on his life and how he treated yi-hyeok in their relationship. Kinda rolled my eyes at Inseo's constant boundary-pushing though - I appreciate that Yi-Hyeok was able to voice his discomfort even if Inseo listening to them was 50/50 at best - but I've chosen not to dwell on it too much since Yi-Hyeok ultimately sticks by his choice of partner and his weird, uh, quirks.

Anyway, I love how strangely family oriented this was? Lots of BL/GL works tend to put parents on the back burner unless it comes time to come out and/or deal with the fallout of rejection, but I really loved how deeply tied both sets of parents were to Inseo/Yi-Hyeok's history, trauma, and present personalities. And god, their mothers' relationship was so bittersweet. I really wish we could see more of them, especially Yi-Hyeok's mom! Where has she been all this time? What has she been up to? What's her plan now? I need to know! (I also feel bad knowing the story leaves her incredibly depressed, physically injured thanks to the purposeful actions of that asshole ex-boss, and further psychologically damaged because of Inseo's confession ://)

Hope the side story on Yi-Hyeok's ex-boss delievers. Not really interested in seeing any romance with him, especially not with that Yi-Hyeok look alike, but I hope it explores the context behind his weird obsession with Yi-Hyeok and his unnervingly violent/murderous(?) tendencies instead of a post-canon story that shows that he actually cares about his lovers (just don't think it's realistic after his every appreance showed that he's manipulative, rapey, and violent).

In my mangago discord server; someone was trying to tell me Jaekyung (horse face from jinx) isn't the worst top ever. Cuz he's a red flag but not black. But like idk; I don't actually read a lot of Bl with super red flag tops or "black flags". Who would u guys say are some of the most famous "black flags" cuz like for me, Jaekyung is really up ther......

This was a fun read! Not going to pretend like I know the ins and outs about DiD or claim this webtoon accurately portrayed the condition, but I did love reading about the tensions surrounding Tae-Oh! Having his existence problematized because he could've never come to be if Tae-Jun didn't go through his immense trauma vs. being treated as a separate entity with his own thoughts, likes, and feelings was so interesting! It was also really interesting to see how Dongjae disrupted the balance between TO and TJ as they both came to love him. I don’t really like “love triangles” (if you can call it that?), but the drama was immaculate! But I wish this didn't end so soon - I feel like Tae-Jun's character needed a little more time in the limelight. I LOVED watching his facade of being the "perfect" straight guy break down to reveal the messy gay man that's bitter, jealous, and insecure over his sexuality and the relationship between Tae-Oh and Dongjae. Though I feel like there should've been a final stage where he becomes more comfortable being who he is and being in a relationship with DongJae. Regardless, I think this webtoon wrapped up pretty nicely!

I’m happy Tae-Oh didn't disappear in the end btw! I know it’s kind of a hot take considering all the DiD discourse in the comments, but he’s honestly such a charming character once you look past him being a sex pest xd. His relationship dynamic with Dongjae really carried this webtoon, and I’m glad the webtoon centered on that rather than focusing on a “cure” for TJ/TO.

Gave this a reread, and it's honestly waaay better than I remember. I thought Wan was really playing with fire when he "exaggerated" his friendship with ha-woon; I was so sure it was going to blow up in his face when he inevitably got his memories back, so I kind of skimmed this during my first read because I was bracing myself for the worst. But at the end of the day Wan is an honest person - he might not have told Ha-woon the whole truth (which ended up being a good move that protected ha-woon in the long run - he wouldn't want to impose on Wan and his grandma and likely would've fallen into his brother's hand a lot sooner and with no allies), but Wan was always upfront about Ha-woon's importance to him and I believe ha-woon knew that on a subconscious level, so I think that's why there was no cheesy "how could you lie to me??" moment I think most of us expected there to be xd.

I'm so glad this didn't take a creepy turn that had Wan take advantage of his memory loss. Literally every one of Han's "friends'' and "family" would've done so without question. I'm happy Wan (and even Suh-hoo) were able to become his safe space. I disagree with the opinion that Wan is cowardly and weak-willed. He may give that impression at first glance (and even if he was, wouldn't blame him - boy's been bullied because of his appearance his entire life :(() but if he sees someone in trouble - especially if it's someone he cares about, he doesn't hesitate to help. I also disagree with the opinion that Ha-woon's personality did a 180 after losing his memories. I think that happy/cheery/friendly side of him was always the real him. It's just that he didn't have the memories of the years of his brother's abuse weighing him down that he felt free to be himself. His cold personality was a direct result of his brother's isolation tactics - that was him trying to protect himself and the people he cares about. Ha-woon really frustrated me at first, but once you get a look at his home life, you better understand where it comes from :(

Really loved reading this, totally worth the nightly binge despite having things to do in the morning. My only gripes with this story was 1) the rushed ending (I mean come on, all that suffering, yearning, and angst and the author features like 10 seconds of their happy ending?? I need more! I need ha-woon's path to healing, more fluffy moments between wan and han-woon, the developing friendship trio??? Man.). 2) His brother got off way to fucking easy. 10+ years of sexual and psychological abuse and all the father does is send him to another country for work?? No wonder Ha-woon could never open up to his dad. "Last bit of compassion" my ass. He's a useless sack of shit. Dropping my rating to 9/10 just for that bullshit ass move. Amazing story otherwise.

Just finished binge reading the whole thing. I am so normal about these two :)

I thought I'd give this a reread for old times sake, but wow, I totally forgot how fucking stressful the earlier chapters of this manga were. I do remember their relationship gets better in later chapters, but I don't blame anyone for dropping this early on. Kyouta is so scummy lmfao. Literally turns their entire class against her, physically assaults her, and sexually assaults her on more than one occasion. He manipulates her into falling for him, and literally throws?? her?? on?? the?? ground when?? she?? confesses?? to?? him??? And of course he has mommy issues! Of course he would use said mommy issues to justify his shitty behaviour towards women. Tatertots would love this man!!

I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but the endgame ship is SUCH a let down. The chemistry between nino and yuzu was insane, they were literally soulmates! But of couse the typical looking ML with the personality of cardboard gets picked, AGAIN. Idc what anyone says, my emotionally complex short king deserved better.